Wild start to Leg 3 from Cape Town
Racing starts in up to 25 knots and two teams suspend racing with heavy conditions in the forecast. It was an extraordinary ‘stop-go’ type of start to Leg 3 of The Ocean Race in Table Bay as the five-boat IMOCA…
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ILCA 7 Masters World Champs – Day 6
Pattaya, Thailand – The final day of racing at Royal Varuna Yacht Club for the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships began with the strongest breeze of the entire event. The first race started in NNE winds of 10-15 knots…
Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta
Sailors competing in the Banjo’s Shoreline Crown Series Bellerive Regatta battled intense heat and challenging conditions during Saturday’s sailing, hosted by the Bellerive Yacht Club. The keelboat racing groups started the racing program in a consistent northerly breeze, albeit with…
First Tracks take lead at Etchells 2023 NSW Champs
The Etchells 2023 NSW Championship supported by the Bendigo Bank and hosted by Gosford Sailing Club continued on Brisbane Waters on the NSW Central Coast today, and First Tracks, skippered by Peter “Billy” Merrington, with Ian McKillop and Grant Simmer…
ILCA 7 Masters World Champs – Day 5
Pattaya, Thailand – Two races were completed on the penultimate day of the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, in about 10–12 knots of shifty breeze on the Gulf of Thailand. The same…
Etchells 2023 NSW Champs underway
The Etchells 2023 NSW Championship commenced today from the Gosford Sailing Club, with 31 boats on the start line, the largest fleet of Etchells to race in Australia post-COVID. Jeanne-Claude Strong on Flying High AUS1435 currently leads the regatta with…
Team Holcim-PRB wins in Cape Town
Team Holcim – PRB has blitzed the Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V&A Waterfront Team Holcim – PRB (SUI) led the Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V&A Waterfront from start to finish in Cape Town. With the South…
Globe40 starts final leg
On Saturday 11 June 2022, the GLOBE40 competitors set sail from LORIENT LA BASE within the scope of the GLOBE40 prologue, bound for the GREAT START IN TANGIER. Once they’d rounded the Pen Men headland on the Ile de Groix,…
ILCA 7 Masters World Championships – Day 4
Pattaya, Thailand – Today’s sailing followed a different format at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club (RVYC) for the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships since the Grand Masters were only able to complete one race on Day 3. The Grand…
HH50-SC carbon fibre catamaran to debut at Sanctuary Cove Boat Show
HH Catamarans makes its Australian boat show debut at Sanctuary Cove with the stunning new HH50 catamaran ‘Synergy’, built entirely from epoxy resin-infused carbon fibre and designed as a highly efficient performance cruising catamaran for ocean sailing. In 2021 the…
18ft Skiffs – The Man they call “Bucko”
Andrew Buckland and a decade of influence in the 18s Regular viewers of the Australian 18 Footer League’s Sail Media livestream coverage of 18ft Skiff Racing on Sydney Harbour will hear the insightful comments of Andrew Buckland without knowing the…
High stakes and great prizes at Sydney Harbour Regatta
Numbers are building for the 2023 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Harbour Regatta and the good news is that organiser, Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC), has extended the early entry fee to 28 February 2023. To take place on the weekend…
Australian Women’s Challenge campaign announced for America’s Cup
Trailblazing Australian sailors step up for first ever Women’s Competition for the World’s Oldest Sport Trophy – The America’s Cup Australia is bidding to return to the cauldron of the world’s oldest sporting trophy competition, The America’s Cup, with an…
Champions crowned in Port Lincoln as Teakle Classic comes to an end
The 2023 Australian Yachting Championships, as part of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta in Port Lincoln, has come to an end with champions across the range of divisions crowned. The first three keelboat divisions all held racing on IRC…
2023 Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race entries open
Entries have opened and the Notice of Race published for the 2023 Yacht Sales Co Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race, due to start at 11am on Friday 4 August 2023. The 530 nautical mile race, inaugurated in 2019 and…
Rush-hour in Antigua – Day 4
23 February, Antigua – Day 4 AM Race Update: By dawn on day four of the RORC Caribbean 600, 29 teams had finished the race with nearly all of them crossing the finish line in a hectic overnight period. The…
Pyewacket 70 announced Overall Winner of the 2023 RORC Caribbean 600
23 February, Antigua: The Royal Ocean Racing Club announce that the overall winner of the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Roy P. Disney’s Pyewacket 70 (USA). None of the teams still racing under IRC has any realistic…
ILCA 7 Masters World Champs – Day 3
Pattaya, Thailand – The sailing continued for the third sunny day at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club for the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships. The strong current and winds of 6–12 knots with considerable shifts were major influencing factors…
Sail Port Stephens Media Release – Sports Boats
Sail Port Stephens thrilled to welcome sports boats Like sausage rolls and sauce or apple pie and icecream, Sail Port Stephens and sports boats have been inextricably linked since 2016, and race organisers are looking forward to another great series…
Glamour conditions at Australian Yachting Champs in Port Lincoln
Racing is heating up as we hit the halfway point of the Australian Yachting Championship, hosted in Port Lincoln as part of the Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta. All divisions are tight at the top with three races left to…
56th Fireball Australian Championships – Preview
2023 Fireball Australian Championships – Runners and Riders This year marks one of the most open Australian Championships we have seen in the modern era. With sailors joining us from their olympic campaigns and hot shot UK sailors flying in,…
RORC Caribbean 600 – Zoulou Triumph by 11 Seconds
21 February, Antigua: After over 30 hours of racing at speeds approaching 40 knots, MOD70 Zoulou sailed by Erik Maris (FRA) won Multihull Line Honours in the 2023 RORC Caribbean 600 by just 11 seconds. Zoulou completed the 600-mile race…
Magnetic Island Race Week 2023 – entry opens in one week
Entry for Townsville Yacht Club’s (TYC) SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2023 will open in one week’s time at 10am (Queensland time) on 1 March – so if you want to be there, you will need to be fast on…
ILCA 7 Masters World Champs – Day 2
Pattaya, Thailand – Day 2 of the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. Another beautiful day where competitors completed two races in a lighter breeze of 6–12 knots. Great Grand Master sailor from South…
Heaven and hell in RORC Caribbean 600
21 February, Antigua: At the break of dawn on the second day of the RORC Caribbean 600, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) was in pole position, an hour inside race record pace for the 600 mile race. Video footage from…
Celestial sets sights on Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race win
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: Dr Sam Haynes, owner and skipper of Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2022 winning Celestial has his sights set on making sailing history and putting his name on The Courier-Mail Cup when Australia’s second oldest yacht race,…
Fast pace for RORC Caribbean 600 start
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club and supported by Antigua Yacht Club, the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started on time at 11:00 AST on Monday 20th February. Seventy boats racing under IRC, Class40 and MOCRA Rules,…
Manly Skiff Club – Longcourse Race 9
Manly 16ft skiff skipper Daniel Turner had one message for the Sail GP fraternity dealing with the chaos on Sydney Harbour at the weekend: Welcome to our world. The Manly fleet has cut its teeth on Sydney’s temperamental summer weather…
GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Columbia
The world tour’s second stop is just around the corner, and it promises to be an unforgettable event. Featuring the idyllic setting of Salinas del Rey and some of the most talented freestyle athletes in the world, this is one…
ILCA 7 Masters World Championships – Day 1
Pattaya, Thailand – Today was the first day of racing at the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. A total of 85 sailors representing 22 countries are enjoying perfect conditions to start the…
Laser 211487 for sale
For Sale – Laser 211487 (2016)Full race setup. Dry boat. No accidents.Available with either full rig or radial setup (or both if required).Carbon top section. Carbon Tiller+Ext. Metal bailer springsRadial option comes with alloy bottom section, training sail and almost…
Western Australian Cruising Guide now available
Article supplied by Kim Klaka, WA Cruising Guide Editor I am pleased to advised that version 5.4 of the Western Australian Cruising Guide was released this week. This latest edition contains more than 150 changes and updates since version 5.3…
Australian Sailing statement on measurement and rating in the 2022 Hobart race
This article from Alistair Murray, President, Australian Sailing appeared on Friday 17th February: I am writing to respond to the speculation concerning the measurement and issuing of rating certificates for boats competing in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race….
SailGP Sydney wrap-up
After the 3 races held in Sydney Harbour on Saturday adternoon, we had a clean sweep by the French, return to form by Jimmy and the USA team (with Aussie Lucy Copeland filling in as strategist) and a solid 3rd…
Beautiful Classics – Dockside with Hound & Pen Duick VI
Hound (USA), the stunning 60-foot aluminium sloop designed by Aage Nielsen and crafted by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1970, is a magnificent sight racing in IRC One. In addition to Hound, Marie Tabarly’s classic 73ft ketch, Pen Duick VI (FRA)…
18ft Skiffs – 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Champs
The world’s greatest 18 footer regatta, conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League Since 1938, the JJ Giltinan world 18 footer championship has been the premier 18 footer regatta in the world and 21 countries have competed to prove that…
SMB breaks the drought, claims race win in Adelaide-Lincoln
Goeff Boettcher’s 52-foot Secret Mens Business has broken a five-year drought to regain the overall IRC win in the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race. He and his crew emerged victorious in a competitive five-boat Division 1 fleet,…
RORC Caribbean 600 – An international affair
The 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 starts on 20th February at 11:00 AST (UTC-4). Seventy boats from all over the world are ready in Antigua for the non-stop 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands. With over 550 sailors…
Gold for France and Israel at Lanzarote International Regatta
The Israeli squad have dominated the iQFOiL women’s racing all week. Tricky breeze on the race course meant the medal series couldn’t go ahead. So Israel took all three spots on the podium, with Shahar Tibi (ISR) on the top…
Full-on Foam Up for Antigua 360
With 25 knots of wind and a three metre swell, the fifth race of the RORC Nelson’s Cup Series was a full-on foam up. The Antigua 360 Race was a blast from beginning to end, with numerous squalls screeching in…
